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đề thi học sinh giỏi cấp huyện lớp 8
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Thời gian: 90 phút
I.Choose the best answer for each sentence.
1.Are there enough apples for us to have one…………..?
a.every b.each c.individually d.self
2.Let’s just…………..our differences and be friends.
a.forget b.leave c.stop d.rid
3.The difference between the cost and the selling price is usually the……………
a.advantage b.increase c.winnings d.profit
4.Helen asked me…………….the film called “star wars”.
a.have I seen b.have you seen c.if I had seen d.if had I seen
5.David always……………over to my house after he had done his homework.
a.came b.went c.gone d.passed
II.Choose the best answer for each blank to complete the paragraph.
Most people think of computers as very modern inventions, products of our new technological…(1)…. But actually the idea for a computer…(2)… worked out over two centuries ago by a man…(3)… Charles Babbage.
Babbage was born…(4)… 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematican. He drew up plans for several calculating machines…(5)… he called “engines”. But despite the fact that he…(6)… building some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years people have argued…(7)… his machines would never work. Recently, however, The Science Museum in London has finished building…(8)…engine based on one of Babbage’s designs. …(9)…has taken six years to complete and more…(10)… four thousand parts have been special exhibition in The Science Museum to remind people of Babbage’s work.
1. a.age b.year c.time d.days
2. a.has b.was c.had d.is
3. a.known b.recognized c.written d.called
4. a.on b.in c.by d.for
5. a.whose b.who c.these d.which
6. a.wanted b.made c.started d.missed
7. a.until b.whether c.while d.though
8. a.some b.the c.an d.that
9. a.one b.he c.they d.it
10. a.than b.therefore c.when d.then
III.Complete the following sentences with a appropriate form of the word in the block capitals.
1.SURROUND. I live in a small village and its……….are very beautiful.
2.RELY He promised to come but he’s very…………….
3.COMPETE The world of computers is extremely……………..
4.NATION What is the…………….of Thomas Edison?
5.HEALTH It’s very…………….to in a damp room.
6.APPEAR After taking an aspirin, her headache……………….
7.APPLY A toaster is a kitchen…………….that cooks food.
8.LAND The……………. in his province is very dramatic.
9.LEARN What a very…………….old man he is !
10.CHAOS The situation is so ……………in some cities now that it is difficult to see
any solution.
IV.Put one preposition into each blank below.
1.There is no point…………..studying if you are feeling tired.
2.I believe…………….saying what I think.
3.Don’t look…………..of the window. Concentrate………your work.
4.I wasn’t very impressed…………….the film.
5.Who was responsible………….all that noise last night?
6.-Are you terrified……………dogs? – Yes, I’m afraid…………them.
7.Look! That car is……….fire.
8.Did you get an invitation………….the party?
V.Rewrite each sentence so that the meaning stays the same.
1.I find it difficult to understand him when he speaks quickly.
=>I have…………………………………………………………………………………….
2.France presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States in 1876.
=>The Statue………………………………………………………………………………..
3.I’d really hate to live in a big city.
=>Living……………………………………………………………………………………
4.Have you ever played a computer games before?
=>Is this…………………………………?…………………………………………………